Press Release

FGCU Bower School of Music Holds Spring Concert April 104/4/2008

FORT MYERS, FL - Florida Gulf Coast University Bower School of Music holds its annual spring concert 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 10 in the Student Union ballroom. The concert is free and open to the public.

Director of the Bower School of Music Nancy Cobb-Lippens will direct 30 students selected by audition to sing in the University Choir and Chamber Singers. Students will perform two pieces of original music by Cobb-Lippens, "O Clap Your Hands, published in 2006," and "The Milkmaid's Fable," published in 1995.

Students will also perform the classical works of Brahms, Copland, Mozart, and Thompson and Victoria in addition to two spirituals. Solos are performed by Ryan Gumpper, Kristen Ouzts, Cristoph Radtke, Jason Sam and Jamie Spagnola.

Bower School of Music award winning piano principals Satoko Hayami and Hyae-jin Hwang will accompany the singers.

For information, media representatives should contact Cobb-Lippens at (239) 590-7374.